Winter Project

[Spunjer]

the blade was the worst part, especially around gangya area, as it was
caked with rust. one of my biggest concern was around the greneng. i
was worried that since it's one of the thinnest part, the rust
would've ate through it, but luckily it didn't. although it was
pitted, it was intact. as one can see, it's a simple design, common
for her age.



as far as the katik, it was heavily corroded. luckily it wasn't deep
enough to ruin anything, except for the obvious pits (the reddish tint is a reflection of my shirt):



there was really no sense in smoothing the pitted area, since i would
have to use some serious power tool to smoothen the area, so i just
left it as it is:



notice the inlays. most of the stars were intact. what was missing
were most of the two linear inlays that originally run along the
length of the blade, ending on the naga's head. fortunately, six of
the star inlays remained by the tip accentuating it.

[Spunjer]

overall, it wasn't as bad as i originally thought. main thing is i got
it somewhat close to what it was during her glory day! here she is
with her "younger" contemporaries

[Spunjer]

full views




close up of the blades:
top kris
22" length
1 3/8" wide

middle kris:
19" length
5/8" width

bottom kris:
20 1/2" length
1 1/4" width

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and here she is. i hope that you all enjoyed it!
comments/critique are welcome

[Sajen]

Very nice and a good job! I agree with you by the blade, I think there is not more possible, polish out the pitting isn't possible witout ruin the blade. But I personally would do more by the sheat, real patina you can't destroy by cleaning the wood with steel-wool, this is my experience by sheats from indonesian keris and I also would fill out the missing wood at the crosspiece.
But again, a very niece outcome and a beautiful kris.

sajen

[kino]

Excellent work brah!
I think you made a good stopping point at leaving the pitted area as it is, not smoothing it out. It would've made it a lot thinner and possibly ruining it.
Congrats.

[Rick]

Freakin' gorgeous !
You did just enough, perfect !

[migueldiaz]

can't believe my eyes ... nice job

[David]

Beautiful work Ron and a nice old kris. I would think that it did indeed once have one more band of some sort between the hilt and the pommel and if you did anything else you might consider replacing that for continuity's sake. I'd bet that Jose could fashion something appropriate for you there.
I would also consider maybe some silver headed nails to fill those hole around the base of the pommel.

[KuKulzA28]

Amazing skill... great work!